Publications

Cell Rep Med. 2023 Jun 23:101093. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101093. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from autoimmune destruction of β cells. Insufficient availability of biomarkers represents a significant gap in understanding the disease cause and progression. We conduct blinded, two-phase case-control plasma proteomics on the TEDDY study…

Scand J Public Health. 2023 Jun 30:14034948231183030. doi: 10.1177/14034948231183030. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The effect of breastfeeding duration on childhood lipid levels has remained controversial. In this study, we aimed to establish the long-term associations of breastfeeding duration with future levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein…

J Affect Disord. 2023 Jun 27:S0165-0327(23)00822-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.056. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has been posing widespread influence on mental well-being. However, research on the dynamic relations between alcohol use and psychological symptoms in the context of the pandemic and the role of alexithymic traits in…

2023 Mar 29. In: Feingold KR, Anawalt B, Blackman MR, Boyce A, Chrousos G, Corpas E, de Herder WW, Dhatariya K, Dungan K, Hofland J, Kalra S, Kaltsas G, Kapoor N, Koch C, Kopp P, Korbonits M, Kovacs CS, Kuohung W, Laferrère B, Levy M, McGee EA, McLachlan R, New…

Neurology. 2023 Feb 7;100(6):e568-e581. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201489. Epub 2022 Nov 16. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Whether chronic autoimmune inflammatory diseases causally affect the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) is controversial. We characterized the relationship between inflammatory diseases and risk of AD and explored the role of circulating inflammatory biomarkers in the…

Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2023 Mar;33(3):307-318. doi: 10.1111/sms.14261. Epub 2022 Nov 16. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Physical activity benefits cardiometabolic health, but little is known about its detailed links with serum lipoproteins, amino acids, and glucose metabolism at young age. We therefore studied the association of physical activity with a comprehensive…

J Hypertens. 2023 Jan 1;41(1):187-193. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003320. Epub 2022 Oct 27. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Retirement is a major life event characterized by removal of work-related stressors and changes in health behaviours. The association between retirement and changes in blood pressure (BP), and particularly in ambulatory BP, has been scarcely studied. We…

Eur J Oral Sci. 2022 Dec;130(6):e12897. doi: 10.1111/eos.12897. Epub 2022 Oct 27. ABSTRACT We evaluated associations between dental anxiety and four temperament dimensions: effortful control, extraversion/surgency, negative affect and orienting sensitivity among 2558 parents in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Dental anxiety was measured with the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale,…

Dis Model Mech. 2022 Oct 1;15(10):dmm049490. doi: 10.1242/dmm.049490. Epub 2022 Oct 26. ABSTRACT Isolated populations have been valuable for the discovery of rare monogenic diseases and their causative genetic variants. Finnish disease heritage (FDH) is an example of a group of hereditary monogenic disorders caused by single major, usually autosomal-recessive,…

Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2022 Oct;39(5):568-584. doi: 10.1177/14550725221096908. Epub 2022 Jun 9. ABSTRACT Background and aim: Use of nicotine can harm adolescents’ brains and increase risk for future addiction to other drugs. Several international studies show that an acceptable attitude towards nicotine products increases the initiation or use of the products.